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PA-TBNTED MAY 12, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ZAIDA B. WEBB, OF FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO VYEBB FOLDING BOX COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FOLDING BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,723, dated May 12,1903 Application filed May 10, 1902. Serial No. 106,674. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ZAIDA B. WEBB, of Florham Park, Morris county, NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingBoxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present construction is of a box that is of a symmetrical andconvenient shape and one that is adapted to be assembled and knockeddown with ease and despatch. It is designed particularly as a fancy box,more especially fitted for the packing of candies and the like, at thesame time being applicable to plain boxes, the. novelty lyingprincipally in the closing and opening of the box and the means on thecover for insuring stability.

With these ends in view myinvention consists of certain features ofconstruction and 2 5 in which similar figures of reference refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2

is a top View, of the box in its open and closed condition,respectively. Figs. 3 and t are modified forms of securing mediums forthe sides of the box.

In the drawings, 10 is the bottom portion,

which, assuming the blank to be flattened, is

provided with a series of peripheral radially- 5 arranged flaps 11, eachof which in turn has a tongue 12 on one edge and a wing 13, which may beof any suitable contour, but preferably approximately. circular, of adiameter larger than the width of the flap. This will 0 allow anoverhanging car 13 at each j uncture of flap and wing, the office ofthese being described hereinafter. The flaps 11 are bent perpendicularlyto the bottom and form the sides of the box, and the tongues 12 areturned to the inside and lie as shown in Fig.

1, being gummed and sealed, if desirable, but not necessarily, as a tapeor ribbon can be tied around the outside to prevent spreading. The wingsto form the top are so arranged that the sides of these wings arecovered and is used.

In Fig. 3 a portion of a box is shown with a self-locking means on theflaps that form the sides of the package. In this case the flaps 11 areprovided with a slot 14 in each,

these slots receiving a lip 15, formed on the tongue 12 by a cut 16, thejuncture of these being evident from the drawings.

In the constructionv shown in Fig. 4 the same blank as in Fig. 1 isused, except that the tongues 12 have a slot 17, and the tongues on theassemblage of the box being placed outside instead of inside the box canbe penetrated through these slots 17 by a tape or ribbon 18, which canbe drawn to the required tautness and tied or otherwise fastened.

From these constructions it will be evident that a box has been devisedthat is stable and compact, at the same time being particularly adaptedto fancy boxes, such as candy-boxes or boxes to be used as favors. Inthe cases of the hexagonal or octagonal forms-in fact,

any having a multiplicity of sides beyond fourthey can be used inchildrens parties tially as shown, any well-knownform can be used; butthe principle of the folding and opening of the top in itself and inconjunction with the methods of securing, the sides shown herein are thefeatures that stamp'this device with novelty. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A box comprising a bottom portion, peripheral flaps adapted to befolded to form the sides of the box, each flap being furnished with atongue on one edge and a wing on the end, the wings being so arranged asto partially cover one another when the box is open and lie, whenfolded, between the next adjacent wings, and means of securing the sidesin their perpendicular position.

2. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged peripheral flapsadapted to be folded to form the sides of the box, means of securing thesides in their perpendicular position, and each flap being furnishedwith a wing on its end, the wings being so arranged as to partiallycover one another and lie,when folded, between the next adjacent wings,and cars at the juncture of the flaps and their wings, one to be insideand one outside the box.

3. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged peripheral flapsadapted to be folded to form the sides of the box, means for securingthe sides in their perpendicular position, and each flap being furnishedwith a wing on its end, the wings being so arranged as to partiallycover one another when the box is opened and lie, when folded, betweenthe next adjacent wings.

4. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged peripheral flapsadapted to be folded to form the sides of the box, each flap beingfurnished with a tongue on one edge and a wing on the end, a slot in theflap, the tongues being cut to form a lip which is adapted to enter theslot and secure the flaps in their perpendicular position, the wingsaforesaid being so arranged as to partially cover one another when thebox is opened and lie, when folded, between the next adjacent wings.

5. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged peripheral flapsadapted to be folded to form the sides of the box, each flap beingfurnished'with a tongue on one edge, a slot in each tongue through whicha ribbon or tape may be drawn to secure the sides in their perpendicularposition, a wing on the end of each flap, these wings being so arrangedas to partially cover one another when the box is opened and lie, whenfolded, between the adjacent wings.

6. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged flaps adapted tobe folded and form the sides of the box, and means for securing thesides in their perpendicular position, each flap being furnished with awing on its outer end, said wings being arranged to partially cover andoverlap one another when open, and when folded to abut at the center ofthe top and lie between the next adjacentgvings.

7. A box comprising a bottom portion, radially-arranged flaps adapted tobe folded to form the sides of the box, and means for securing the sidesin their perpendicular position, each flap being furnished with a wingon its outer end, said wings being of a length equal to the radius ofthe box and adapted to cover one another when the box is opened, andabut and lie between the next adjacent wings when the box is shut.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ZAIDA B. \VEBB.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTOHINSON, WM. H. CAMFIELD, Jr.

